Law / United States / 
Georgia
Student Data Privacy, Accessibility, and Transparency Act, limits on reporting and collecting student data
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Prohibition
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- Do not report a student's juvenile delinquency records, criminal records or medical and health records to the Department of Education, unless state or federal law requires it or in a health or safety emergency (Code Section 20-2-665(a)).
- Do not collect a student's or the student's family's political affiliation, voting history or religious affiliation or beliefs, or their income except as the section permits, unless state or federal law requires it or in a health or safety emergency (Code Section 20-2-665(b)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Code Section 20-2-665 bars local boards of education from reporting certain student records to the department and bars schools from collecting certain data on students and families. It requires no record, log or document to be kept or produced, and names no audit or reviewer.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Unless required by state or federal law or in cases of health or safety emergencies, local boards of education may not report to the Department of Education a student's juvenile delinquency records, criminal records or medical and health records.
On the same terms, schools may not collect data on students or their families about political affiliation, voting history, income or religious affiliation or beliefs, and the income exception applies where state or federal law requires it or where a local board of education determines income information is required to apply for, administer, research or evaluate programs to assist students from low-income families. The section took effect with the rest of Part I of Senate Bill 89 on .
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